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Saturday, June 11, 2011

52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy & History - Clothing

Week 24. Clothes.

It’s amazing how styles have changed since I was born in 1967.I remember rompers and granny dresses.Lot’s of flow-ey garments and big flowery patterns.I particularly remember a special pair of bell bottom pants.They were white with big flowers all over them.

Sadly, bell bottoms + bike spokes = cut-off shorts.I can still picture that that sad day with Mom coming at me with giant scissors as I cried and whined, while pinned to my bicycle by the enormous pieces of material at the bottom of my pants.

I also remember the long granny dresses with patterns and bows.I think they were easy to sew, as I had many of them that my family made for me.My cousin and I would frolic around on holidays in granny dresses that didn’t exactly match, but were granny enough so that we were sure we were attired in coordinating high fashion.

As I came to my pre-teen years, the fashion turned to Ditto jeans with satin jackets and gaucho pants with butterfly tops.I dabbled in those fashions briefly before finding my niche in the punk rock realm of fashion.I remained dressed by thrift stores and found clothing (almost everything black) until suddenly I found myself working a professional job wearing professional clothing.

And now I sport what I deem 40-something Mom Wear.Pants, a shirt and some comfortable shoes.Details don’t matter as long as I’m:a) adequately covered; b) comfortable.Not necessarily in that order.No clue how it happened.

Here are some Snapshots Through the Ages:

You know it's the '70s when you are excited about the poncho you got for Christmas.